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Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy the rewards and challenges of working with children & young people and positively impacting their lives? We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and passionate individual to lead our Emotional Well-being Home as the Registered Manager, on a full-time permanent basis.
Location of the post: Leicestershire.
Service Overview: Barnardo's, the UK's largest Children's Charity, is currently on an exciting and innovative journey alongside Leicestershire County Council to deliver a range of Children's homes for the most vulnerable children & young people in Leicestershire.
Although this home will be your base location, you must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to support other homes should the need arise. Our homes are located in Braunstone, Hinckley, Coalville, Syston, Mountsorrel, and Market Harborough.
Our beautiful Emotional Well-being Home supports children & young people between 8-18 years with a complex range of risk and behaviours. The service provides up to 3 service users at any one time opportunities to enjoy different experiences, establish friendships, and develop confidence, independence, and social/emotional skills.
Some of the responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
* Managing a team of Residential workers and coordinating staffing rotas.
* Working together with the Local Authority to ensure effective matching and placement of young people.
* Creating a culture and ethos where the complex needs of the individual young people and the group are met.
* Quality assuring transition plans and ensuring that these are aspirational in terms of supporting the children to achieve.
* Ensuring that the physical environment of the home always remains at a high standard.
* Holding team meetings to share information, practice development, and address any arising issues with the management team for resolution.
* Attending a variety of formal meetings in order to represent the Service and/or on behalf of the Children's Services Manager.
* Contributing to service development.
* Expectations of on-call, rota cover, and out-of-hours working.
Essential requirements to evidence in your written application:
* Must hold a valid UK driver's licence.
* Must hold a Level 3 qualification relevant to Residential Childcare.
* Must hold OR be willing to work towards the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care and Children & Young People's services.
* At least 3 years' experience working with children (within the last 5 years) and at least 1 year at Senior level supervision or management experience working with children/young people in a residential setting.
* Sound knowledge and experience of working with OFSTED Regulations and Quality Standards of Children's homes with the ability to support the service to achieve a rating of outstanding.
* Sound knowledge and experience of recording and reporting to enable safeguarding and protection of children & young people.
For more information about this role, please contact - Kelly Walker kelly.walker@barnardos.org.uk
When completing your application please refer to your skills, knowledge, and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description, and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity, and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place, and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic, and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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